Built-In server Anti-Cheat stops Elytra and running while flying from working.
If you try to fly with Elytra at full speed on a snapshot server with no plugins, the built in anti-cheat will force you backwards, and not allow you to continue your flying speed. The server spits out something like this:
00:44:04 WARN]: Field90 moved too quickly! 7.636560912492332,0.0,-7.360467221124793
2015-10-17, 10:53 AM
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